Running race 4:03:20 [5] 13.0 mi (18:43 / mi)
shoes: Asics Trail 2150
MNOC Minnegoat event, tough day for me. I have been in the car driving way too much this last couple of weeks and my legs really felt bad, slow, leaden weights with 5 pudgy sticks out the front of them. Ran with the big dogs till 3...oops that was stupid. Started reading the map poorly going to 4, then boooomed 5--almost went off the map to the south!!! aarggh well not quite but it was humiliating. From then on figured I might as well go slow and try and finish, came in 3 minutes 20 seconds late. Worst part was getting run over by JB within 400 meters of the finish....as she stepped on the back of my head, didn't even say 'scuse me. That really hurt, even more than the 4,318 ft. my Garmin said I climbed...does that seem correct????
Great course Todd!! Difficult decisions on skips and many excellent route choices. I liked my choice right from the get go to number 1, where I cut across the marsh, right into CP1's hill. Favorite section was 23-24-25, though after doing 21-22 and turning the map around opposite of the finish, I did call Todd a name or two... :)
